Conducted a reign of terror to purge his party of disloyal members.
Joseph Stalin
100
The German variety of fascism is known as...
Nazism
100
Mussolini signed the Lateran Treaties with...
The Roman Catholic Church.
100
What month and year did the stock market crash in the U.S.?
October 1929
100
Who led the Red army during the civil war in Russia?
Leon Trotsky
200
The purpose of the Comintern was to...
found Communist parties in other countries.
200
What is the name of German secret police?
Gestapo
200
Mussolini's attempt to make Italy economically self-sufficient was called...
Autarky
200
What did the Statute of Westminster establish?
A British Commonwealth of Nations
200
Who led the Popular Front - a coalition of French parties?
Leon Blum
300
Name three things Czar Alexander III wanted to accomplish in Russia.
1) Censor the press; 2) Suppress revolutionary ideas; 3) Make minority groups "Russian"
300
Hitler's plan that included the "Suffering through Joy" program and the construction of a superhighway was known as...
Four-Year Plan
300
What title did Missulini give himself?
Il Dulce
300
What is government relief for the unemployed in Britain called?
Dole
300
Who led the SS and the Gestapo in Germany?
Heinrich Himmler
400
Organized government massacres in Russia were known as...
Pogroms
400
Why was the Reichstag formed?
To provide a legislative body in the Weimar Republic.
400
What was Italy's version of Communism known as?
Fascism
400
What nation gained independence from Britain in 1921?
Irish Free State
400
Who wrote "The Waste Land"?
T.S. Eliot
500
Name three things that allowed Lenin to take over Russia.
1) Russian's desired an end to war; 2) Desertion of over two million soldiers; 3) Failure of the provisional government to deal with the Russian economy
500
Name four factors that assisted Hitler's rise to power in Germany.
1) Weakness of the Weimar Republic; 2) German resentment of the "war guilt" clause; 3) Economic problems with inflation and unemployment; 4) Fear of communism; 5) Hitler's personal leadership
500
Name three causes that allowed Mussolini to rise to power.
1) Italy gained little support from allies; 2) Strikes, inflation, and debt plagued the economy; 3) Landowners and industrialists were afraid of Communism
500
Which country achieved more economic stability but not political stability after World War I?